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The titles of bills- like those of Marx Brothers movies -often have little to do with the substance of the legislation.
Particularly deceptive are bills containing title buzz words such as emergency...
The Toe that can be stubbed is not the true Toe.
The tomb of him who would have made The world too glad and free.
-- Thomas K. Hervey (1799-1859) -- The Devil's Progre...
The tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil. -- New Testament -- James iii, 8
The tongue is the ambassador of the heart. -- Lyly
The tongues of dying men Enforce attention like deep harmony.
-- William Shakespeare (1564-1616), King Richard II -- Act ii, Sc. 1...
The tools we use have a profound (and devious!) influence on our thinking habits, and, therefore, on our thinking abilities.
-- Edsger W. Dijkstra...
The Tooth Fairy is the main stockholder in C+H Sugar Inc.
The torpid artist seeks inspiration at any cost, by virtue or by vice, by friend or by fiend, by prayer or by wine.
-- Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)...
The torrent's smoothness, ere it dash below!
-- Thomas Campbell (1777-1844) -- Gertrude of Wyoming, Part iii, Stanza 5...

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